Example sentences of "i [verb] [conj] i have " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked although I had already decided that Harvey was a little drunk . |
| 2 | Er taking off and sending telegrams , you see , erm then I was told that the Railway Company wer were taking girls on again , so I applied and I had to go to Ipswich to pass two more exams , you see , and er and started work and the in the Catering Manager 's office at Ipswich Station as , as a clerk doing typing and general office work as the Manager had to go on the district . |
| 3 | She asked me whether I 'd taken the cat to the vet , and I admitted that I had n't . |
| 4 | On Wednesday I met Mrs Matthews in the street and she asked if I 'd taken the cat to the vet and I admitted that I had n't . |
| 5 | I admitted that I had n't quite got around to organizing that aspect of my life yet . |
| 6 | Malc was furious , especially when I admitted that I had n't the heart to charge the old dear , so we were two quid out of pocket . |
| 7 | When he asked me if I played I admitted that I had done so but insisted that I really was very bad . |
| 8 | I regret that I had been out of the office on the 15 July and did not receive your FAX until first thing on the 16 July . |
| 9 | I regret that I have to conclude that the omens for retaining national control of vital areas do not look good . |
| 10 | However , I and others find it difficult to accept that , but I repeat that I have no hard evidence to substantiate my claim . |
| 11 | I repeat that I have sympathy with the staff of the Housing Executive and the Department of Health 's occupational therapy department , but there are great problems that we must face . |
| 12 | I even know , thanks to Montesquieu , that one may be a Persian , but as for Man , I declare that I have never met him in my life ; if he exists it is without my knowledge.1 |
| 13 | I mean once I 've cleared up , you know , when she 's gone and and do n't mind seeing |
| 14 | Oh yeah , but then you 've also got to watch I mean that I 'd , sometimes I 'd muck things up when I 've given too much choice I think |
| 15 | exactly , it 's the only way you can do it and I would n't do it any other way , because I do n't bel I do n't , I do n't think it 's fair , if I was using the phone continually I 'd get rather annoyed , I mean that I 'd , they 'd have a right to be annoyed , but as I do n't I think it 's ridiculous so I 'm not hardly surprised at all , so I think it 's stupid as you say , but there you go . |
| 16 | Well okay , I need to say that when it 's long reports I have no problem , I mean since I 've lost Doreen and come under Tracey the quality and speed that I get typing back is much improved . |
| 17 | Erm e e they 're all individual and mine I think , looking back , was erm erm er a light er experience and I mean as I 've said , the the erm er w this telescope they shove up you , er I mean , Chris Patton had the same thing . |
| 18 | unfortun unfortunately I mean if I 'd left it where it was erm would have , it would have been better . |
| 19 | I mean if I 'd had the money |
| 20 | I mean if I had n't have known him , then there 's no way I could have talked to him about it . |
| 21 | But I mean if I had enough money to do it , like that 's the kit I 'd do . |
| 22 | I 've got to get that those AVCs er , I mean if I had to , if that happened , how would we pay off Brian ? |
| 23 | As you say three thousand pound a year that could be paid off a place of our own is is just I mean if I have to rent it well I 'll have to rent one . |
| 24 | I would n't wan na do it tomorrow , well only later afternoon but I mean if I have to put ear plugs in at night to get some sleep because of them , surely the authorities have got ta say something about that |
| 25 | I mean when I had we got C D serviced . |
| 26 | No no I mean the the I mean when I 've g been drawn er down a road I do n't intend to go |
| 27 | Thinking about it now , for the first time , I realized that I 'd no idea how a karaso was made : an arm-length shaft of wood , smooth and shiny as a newly opened conker , with five prongs at the end that were perfectly shaped into the smooth curves of a grasping hand . |
| 28 | Yes I re I said that and I realized that I 'd said it and I should n't have done . |
| 29 | I realized that I had a splitting headache and that my knee joints were uncertain of their purpose when I stood up . |
| 30 | There were , of course , the inevitable forms to fill in and letters of condolence to answer , but I realized that I had not for a moment , since before the previous Christmas , given a thought to the prospect of life for one . |